Poascheberg
| Poascheberg | ||
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| height | 89 m | |
| location | Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 27 '27 " N , 6 ° 52' 1" E | |
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| rock | Boulder clay | |
The Poascheberg is located near Halle in Lower Saxony and, at 89 m above sea level, is the highest elevation of a Geestrücken , which largely belongs to the Dutch region of Twente and is called the Twentse Heuvelrug (= hill ridge). This mountain range, almost 40 km long, stretches from Enschede to Uelsen and was formed as the terminal moraine of the Scandinavian inland ice sheet during the Saale Ice Age around 230,000 years ago.
The Poascheberg is the highest elevation in the Niedergrafschaft Bentheim and the second highest in the entire county after the Schlossberg zu Bad Bentheim (92 m above sea level).
The Poascheberg is not a conspicuous summit, because it is surrounded by hills that are hardly lower, such as Krösenberg, Scharpenberg, Langerberg and Lönsberg , all of which are 85 m high. On the latter, 500 m west on the road from Lage to Getelo , there is a 35 m high observation tower that allows a view of the Grafschaft Bentheim , the Emsland and the neighboring Netherlands.
Etymology of the name
Poascheberg is a Low German name and means something like Easter mountain . The Low German name for the Easter festival Poaschen , like the Dutch Paas , is derived from the Hebrew Passover .
In the neighboring Dutch region of Twente there are also several “Paasberge”, i.e. hills where Easter bonfires took place.
